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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 522 4,634 952
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 703 2,730 834
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 334 3,272 668
4 Rhode, Deborah L. 10 19 361 1,482 1,086
5 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 306 2,037 522
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 406 707 823
7 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 169 1,637 753
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 14 232 1,759 262
9 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 252 448 1,378
10 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 168 1,911 231
11 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 315 341 974
12 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 175 1,366 473
13 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 15 178 1,304 502
14 Edelman, Marc 9 9 268 223 1,107
15 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 88 2,010 121
16 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 184 187 1,294
17 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 167 796 650
18 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 169 1,189 211
19 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 280 690 153
20 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,064
21 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 127 822 740
22 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 154 1,165 251
23 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,023
24 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 13 95 829 847
25 Zirkel, Perry A. 6 13 154 556 758
26 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 137 1,182 177
27 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 250 146 616
28 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 147 234 1,032
29 Schauer, Frederick 6 10 186 547 492
30 Priest, George L. 2 5 143 1,145 89
31 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 83
32 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 155 913 201
33 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 164 548 497
34 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 129 752 468
35 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 170 502 454
36 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 7 91 1,215 124
37 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 138 1,000 78
38 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 430
39 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 172 127 696
40 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 190 22 702
41 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 301
42 Frank, Jerome 5 8 85 1,080 159
43 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 133 785 208
44 Guinier, Lani 4 9 128 781 187
45 Cullen, Francis T. 4 6 51 111 1,194
46 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 104 596 457
47 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 6 7 138 521 341
48 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 117 618 321
49 Olivas, Michael A. 4 15 51 885 380
50 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 674 283
51 Parker, Christine 2 3 17 25 1,336
52 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 37 1,147 134
53 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 2 4 68 1,010 114
54 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 235
55 Kidder, William C. 6 11 106 493 406
56 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 79 912 136
57 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 32 1,054 216
58 Keet, Michaela 2 3 17 26 1,295
59 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 96 675 263
60 Holden, John T. 6 1 140 2 679
61 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 41 1,053 132
62 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 120 245 524
63 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 162 81 465
64 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 92 750 155
65 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 98 769 103
66 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 629 131
67 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 78
68 McDougal, Myres S. 3 7 43 995 126
69 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 354
70 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 49 564 497
71 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 61 347 630
72 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 141 57 515
73 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 75 531 366
74 Greenawalt, Kent 3 10 68 707 226
75 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 87 479 351
76 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 87 683 130
77 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 47 908 108
78 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 143 281 230
79 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 153 46 406
80 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 172 133 221
81 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 110 443 227
82 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 94 529 212
83 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 125 160 413
84 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 24 278 802
85 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 122 460 126
86 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 122 453 125
87 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 91 458 258
88 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 538 122
89 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 28 954 55
90 Borrows, John University of Victoria 3 5 38 59 878
91 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 125 249 237
92 Hess, Gerald F. 5 10 73 482 261
93 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 69 571 188
94 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 145 188 177
95 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 4 8 46 555 314
96 Valdes, Francisco 5 13 74 526 188
97 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 145 150 200
98 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 74 491 219
99 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 85 469 182
100 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 51 569 252